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Sunday, October 21, 2012

Oh, Good Grief. Another Government 'Climate Change' Committee

Given the federal deficit and the fact that world temperatures stopped warming a decade and a half ago (see graph of world temperatures below) why in the world do we need another government committee

on climate change?!

Here is tidbit of interest:

The Interior Department announced the new bureaucracy in a recent federal registry notice along with a call for nominations by Nov. 19 to seat the 25-member board.

The notice specifically states membership will be comprised of state and local government employees, non-governmental organizations, Native American tribes, academia, individual landowners and business interests.

“In addition, the committee may include scientific experts, and will include rotating representation from one or more of the institutions that host the (Interior Department) Climate Science Centers,” the notice said.

The climate change committee "may" include scientific experts? Do the bureaucrats just like putting a torch to dollar bills?